Forward Momentum
Are the far-left about to split off?
A left-wing split could deprive the Labour Party of thousands of campaigners
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
